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It's very strange to me that someone would keep using this word in those contexts even after being told that this isn't what it means. It's almost like "babush
by asveikau 7y ago
It's very strange to me that someone would keep using this word in those contexts even after being told that this isn't what it means. It's almost like "babushka" to the English-speaking mind is stand-in for "funny sounding Russian word". It does have a rhythm that sounds a little whimsical in English. It's also usually pronounced in English with stress on the wrong syllable. [Should be bábushka.]
- sls 7y agoIt's not at all unusual for loanwords to get different meanings when they are adopted. Wikipedia gives this lovely example: The English word Viking became Japanese バイキング (baikingu), meaning "buffet", because the first restaurant in Japan to offer buffet-style meals, inspired by the Nordic smörgåsbord, was opened in 1958 by the Imperial Hotel under the name "Viking".